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12.02.2021

Hapag Lloyd turns mega

It’s no mean feat: carrier Hapag-Lloyd is breaking new ground in financing by securing USD 889 million in loans for its next projects. The Hamburg-based shipping company was able to conclude two debut transactions according to...

12.02.2021

New service links Turkey with Spain

Ekol Logistics has introduced a new intermodal connection between Turkey and Spain. The Denmark-headquartered DFDS operates the ro-ro services that Ekol plans to use in this connection. The company will use Izmir’s Port of...

12.02.2021

Enhancements at Felixstowe

The British Port of Felixstowe has completed its upgrade in order to make Hutchison Ports fit to accommodate larger ro-ro vessels. The redesign of facilities at the port includes the lengthening of No.3 ro-ro berth and the...

11.02.2021

Alternative units for open seas

Given the limited space in a tight sea freight market from China to Europe, Geodis has launched a number of services with alternative units. The first, a 1,000 teu capacity vessel, is scheduled to arrive in Hamburg on 28...

11.02.2021

A vessel ahead of schedule

Yang Ming, a member of The Alliance, took delivery of another 11,000 teu new chartered vessel ‘YM Target’ this month. With the support from the ship owner, ‘YM Target’ has joined Yang Ming’s global fleet nearly three months ahead...

11.02.2021

New equipment for Antwerp

Antwerp Container Terminal (ACOT), a member of the SEA-invest Group, has placed an order for two Liebherr ship-to-shore container cranes. The cranes are identical to one already delivered in 2020. SEA-invest is active in 25...

10.02.2021

DP World balanced in 2020

Container volumes continued to flow via DP World in 2020. Throughout the first year of the pandemic, DP World handled 71.2 million teu, volumes developed sidewards (+0.2% on a like-for-like basis). This was possible due to a...

10.02.2021

Strasbourg stands up to pandemic

The inland Ports of Strasbourg in France, which will move to new headquarters in 2021, maintained their services throughout the pandemic in 2020. River traffic stood at 6.8 million t, down 9.5% from 2019. The shutdowns in 2020...

10.02.2021

Resilience at Trois-Rivières

The Port of Trois-Rivières has reported its annual results. In 2020, the Canadian port handled a volume of goods of 3.3 million t, down from 2019, but in line with the forecasts. The 2.9 million t of dry bulk traffic...

09.02.2021

Good start for Long Beach

Following its historic peak year 2020 with 8.11 million teu handled, the Port of Long Beach has reported its busiest start of an annual year so far. The port handled more than 764,000 Teu in January. Imports grew 17.5% to...

09.02.2021

Two stronger links instead of one

Two links instead of one: The Naples-headquartered Grimaldi Group has rearranged its connections between Italy and Greece. In the coming weeks, the daily Ancona-Igoumenitsa-Patras link will be further enhanced, with two...

09.02.2021

Italian software goes north

Italian IB group from Rapallo, a provider of ship performance and operation control software, has opened a technical and commercial branch office in Leer, Lower Saxony (Germany). Under the Info Ship brand, it is due to develop...

08.02.2021

VCFI confirms development

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) has begun the new year with a growth of 10.41% in line with the second half of 2019. The demand in the shipping market is also reflected in the low share of the idle fleet, which...

08.02.2021

The cold drives LNG transits

In January, the Panama Canal set a new record in transits and volumes of LNG carriers. The transformation of the energy market was reflected by 58 LNG passing the Neopanamax Locks over the whole month, totalling 6.74 million...

08.02.2021

Port of Kapellskär won in 2020

2020 was a good year for the Swedish Port of Kapellskär, Ports of Stockholm’s largest freight port. Despite the worldwide pandemic, freight volumes in 2020 increased 9% compared to the previous year. Freight volumes at Port...

Vor Londons Toren

In einem Konzern geht man bisweilen weite Wege. Der Niederländer Ernst Schulze ist im September 2019 für DP World von Ecuador als Geschäftsführer nach Grossbritannien gewechselt. Er sprach mit Christian Doepgen über die...

05.02.2021

ONE's great leap

Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express has published its results for its Q3, which covers the period of October to December 2020. ONE’s fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31. The quarter saw a particularly strong...

05.02.2021

New terminal in Alexandria

The Egyptian authorities of the Port of Alexandria plan to enter into a long-term partnership with CMA CGM to operate and manage Pier 55. The negotiations in Egypt were headed by CMA CGM chairman and CEO Rodolphe Saadé. In...

05.02.2021

Carrier reliability hits rock bottom

The Copenhagen-based maritime intelligence provider Sea-Intelligence has published the figures on carrier schedule reliability in December last year. In its latest issue of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, CEO Alan...

04.02.2021

A fresh breeze for Helvetia

'Trudy' and "Helvetia', the deep-sea vessels owned by the Swiss Confederation, have been taken over by the Briese Schifffahrt Group. The transaction totalled CHF 15 million. Many investors resident in Switzerland...